What Governor Pingree Thinks Of Judge Long

Dlscussing m tters iu coimection witli ;lie April election recently, a Gnind Liapids news paper declarad that Gov. Piugree was ïiot entirely favorable to Judge Long upon the Supreme Benuh. "Long," it saij, "is ii'it the kind of a man Pingree likes. Aside trom the fact that he is not in direct sympathy with the retornos and ideas advocated by the iev governor, he rendered several decisions from the Benc.li which Pinjjrëe :ias denounced disgustedly na 'pure rot.' " "That is wholly untrue," said Gov. Pingree, when asked about tbis matter vesterday. "I have ahvays admired Judge Long and ahvays claiined that. he was a democratie man, whose entire training had beeu with the people. "Fui'thermorp, I have never denountied any of bis opinions. Neither have I, for that matter, ever criticized any particular .Tudgo. I have exercised wliat I consider theiight of every citizen and criticized rourts at times when I bhought they liad done wrong, and I have no one'w pardon to ask for doing so. "Judge Long is all right and he can count on having ,nv support whenever he wants